Vietnamese student wins third prize at international piano contest
Trần Viết Bảo, a Vietnamese
student studying at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, has
won third prize in the under 25-year category at the Roma International
Piano Competition.
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| Trần Viết Bảo performs at the competition. Photo courtesy of Trần Viết Bảo |
Bảo, 23, received 85.2 points to share third prize with five other contestants, representing South Korea, Japan, Poland and Australia. Forty contestants from many countries and territories competed for the prize.
Setareh Tabatabai Shafii from Iran won first prize in the category, with 98.8 points.
Bảo is studying in a masters course at the Franz Liszt Academy. In 2010, Bảo won second prize at the International Piano contest in Việt Nam.
The Roma International Piano
Competition includes categories for soloists under ages 19 and 25, and
for four-handed duos and two-piano duos for those under age 34.
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| Trần Viết Bảo on stage. Photo courtesy of Trần Viết Bảo |
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